diff --git a/lib/plausible/ingestion/event.ex b/lib/plausible/ingestion/event.ex
index 950579acf..881353b43 100644
--- a/lib/plausible/ingestion/event.ex
+++ b/lib/plausible/ingestion/event.ex
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ defmodule Plausible.Ingestion.Event do
   defp put_ip_classification(%__MODULE__{} = event) do
     case event.request.ip_classification do
       "dc_ip" ->
-        emit_telemetry_dropped(event, :dc_ip)
-        event
+        drop(event, :dc_ip)
 
       _any ->
         event
diff --git a/test/plausible/ingestion/event_test.exs b/test/plausible/ingestion/event_test.exs
index e4a6854b3..3db601961 100644
--- a/test/plausible/ingestion/event_test.exs
+++ b/test/plausible/ingestion/event_test.exs
@@ -100,6 +100,23 @@ defmodule Plausible.Ingestion.EventTest do
     assert dropped.drop_reason == :throttle
   end
 
+  test "event pipeline drops a request when header x-plausible-ip-type is dc_ip" do
+    site = insert(:site)
+
+    payload = %{
+      name: "pageview",
+      url: "http://dummy.site",
+      domain: site.domain
+    }
+
+    conn = build_conn(:post, "/api/events", payload)
+    conn = Plug.Conn.put_req_header(conn, "x-plausible-ip-type", "dc_ip")
+    assert {:ok, request} = Request.build(conn)
+
+    assert {:ok, %{buffered: [], dropped: [dropped]}} = Event.build_and_buffer(request)
+    assert dropped.drop_reason == :dc_ip
+  end
+
   test "event pipeline drops events for site with accept_trafic_until in the past" do
     yesterday = NaiveDateTime.add(NaiveDateTime.utc_now(), -1, :day)
     site = insert(:site, ingest_rate_limit_threshold: 1, accept_traffic_until: yesterday)